Skunk Creek (South Dakota)
Skunk Creek is a tributary of the Big Sioux River, located in the southeastern South Dakota counties of Lake, Moody, and Minnehaha. It has a confluence with the Big Sioux in the west central area of Sioux Falls.
Skunk Creek was a natural habitat of skunks, hence the name.
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skunk Creek (South Dakota)
- ^ City of Sioux Falls, "Skunk Creek’s Influence on Flow and Water Quality in the Big Sioux River" (retrieved on November 5th, 2013).
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 70.